Kathmandu: A team of 16 people including Shaikh Mohammed Amad Al Khalifa, a member of the Bahraini royal family, has arrived Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. The expedition team arrived in Nepal today aboard a Bahrain Defense Force military aircraft. The team consists of 13 Bahraini nationals and three British nationals serving in the Bahrain… Continue reading Bahrain’s royal family expedition team arrives to climb Mt. Everest
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Tourism ministry proposes cabinet to remove quarantine for tourists
Kathmandu: A proposal to remove the provision of compulsory quarantine for tourists visiting Nepal has reached the Cabinet. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has sent a proposal to the cabinet for the tourists who come with a negative report of PCR test within 72 hours by collecting swabs at the airport and… Continue reading Tourism ministry proposes cabinet to remove quarantine for tourists
Myanmar junta orders martial law in 6 Yangon townships
YANGON, Myanmar (AP): Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared martial law in six townships in the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month’s military coup. State broadcaster MRTV said Monday that the Yangon townships of North Dagon, South Dagon, Dagon… Continue reading Myanmar junta orders martial law in 6 Yangon townships
Pandemic sets back Italian women’s long fight for jobs
ROME (AP): One of hundreds of thousands of women in Italy who lost jobs in the pandemic, Laura Taddeo has a masters degree in tourism, speaks fluent English and Spanish and some Arabic, too. Her contract as a tour operator with a high-end Italian hotel company expired in May, just as COVID-19 travel restrictions were… Continue reading Pandemic sets back Italian women’s long fight for jobs
Chemical fertilizer factory feasible in Nepal; study committee
Kathmandu: It seems appropriate to establish and operate a chemical fertilizer factory in Nepal. The Preliminary Study Committee for the Establishment of Chemical Fertilizer Factory formed under the coordination of Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has prepared a report with suggestions for the establishment and operation of a fertilizer factory based on natural gas technology.… Continue reading Chemical fertilizer factory feasible in Nepal; study committee
CPN-Maoist center recalled the ministers
Kathmandu: The CPN (Maoist Center) has directed the ministers including Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal to return. CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has nominated 23 leaders including Badal as central members. The next day, the CPN-Maoist has called a meeting of the standing committee and recalled the ministers. The government has Badal as Home… Continue reading CPN-Maoist center recalled the ministers
Deuba says time has come to fight against communism to defend democracy
Kathmandu: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that it is time to fight against the Communist Party. Addressing a women’s gathering and training program organized by the Central Women’s Department of the Nepali Congress on Saturday, Deuba said it was time to fight against the Communist Party for making democracy permanent as it… Continue reading Deuba says time has come to fight against communism to defend democracy
Destination branding to promote tourism sector begins from Lumbini
Kathmandu: Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has started ‘branding’ to identify Nepal’s tourist destinations. The board has stated that it started from Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha. The board says it has started ‘branding’ Lumbini by combining Lumbini’s art, culture and diversity. It is said that plans have been made to continue branding other destinations… Continue reading Destination branding to promote tourism sector begins from Lumbini
CPN-UML forms parallel committee of Madhav Nepal
Kathmandu: The Madhav Kumar Nepal faction of the CPN-UML has formed parallel committees in various organizations. A meeting of the pro-Nepal Standing Committee held in Kathmandu has selected the leadership in the state and various committees. After Chairman KP Sharma Oli’s party changed the leadership of the organization by removing the leaders of Madhav Nepal’s… Continue reading CPN-UML forms parallel committee of Madhav Nepal
20 tonnes of garbage collected from Pashupati area after Mahashivaratri
Kathmandu (Rashtriya Samachar Samiti): After the Mahashivaratri, the garbage accumulated in Pashupatinath area has been cleaned. In the 409th week of the Bagmati Sanitation Campaign, 20 tonnes of garbage has been collected from Pashupatinath area. On the occasion of Mahashivaratri, food feeding, cultural programs and devotional music were organized in the Hansmandap area on March… Continue reading 20 tonnes of garbage collected from Pashupati area after Mahashivaratri